The Red Herrings Press: 26 books

I racconti brevi sono prosa declinata in lirica. In un romanzo gli errori si possono mascherare. In un racconto breve risaltano come fari nella notte. I racconti brevi sono per loro natura precisi, ridotti all’osso, ogni singola parola è fondamentale. Un romanzo può permettersi di divagare, ma...

Georgia Davis è comparsa per la prima volta nel mio terzo romanzo, AN IMAGE OF DEATH, che è stato pubblicato nel 2004. È anche la protagonista di questo racconto, scritto e pubblicato più o meno nello stesso periodo. Georgia, un’agente del corpo di polizia locale, è...

IL GIORNO IN CUI MIRIAM HIRSCH SCOMPARVE è stato il primo racconto breve che ho scritto. Mio figlio aveva ricevuto per il suo Bar Mitzwah un libro intitolato “THE JEWS OF CHICAGO” e quando ne sfogliai le fotografie mi colpirono in particolare quelle scattate nella Lawndale degli anni Trenta...

Il mio contributo al libro CHICAGO BLUES (Bleak House, 2007) ha significato intraprendere una via al di fuori del mio “mondo sicuro”, ma è questo quello che amo dello scrivere racconti brevi. Mi permettono di sfruttare al massimo e sperimentare diversi personaggi, trame, epoche e ambientazioni....

Questa storia con Ellie come protagonista è stata pubblicata nel 2005 nell’antologia TECHNO NOIR, a cura di Eva Batonne e Jeffery Marks. Tenete conto che l’antologia è stata pubblicata prima di Facebook e di Twitter. Libby Fischer Hellmann è un’autrice di romanzi gialli...

Young Lena Bentheim is forced to flee Nazi Germany for Chicago in 1935, leaving her family and boyfriend behind. After learning English, she eventually finds a new life as a secretary in the Physics Department of the University of Chicago. She meets and marries another German refugee scientist and...

"Hellmann brings to life the reality of  bullying among teenage girls with enough twists and turns to keep you reading. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal, Starred Review (EASY INNOCENCE) "Georgia Davis PI series (Easy Innocence and Doubleback ), and anybody that loves...

The Jade Elephant was first published in the EXPLETIVE DELETED anthology (Bleak House, 2008) edited by Jen Jordan. I loved researching the seamier, sleazier parts of Chinatown where menus are stained, kitsch is king, and walking down the street after dark is risky. Add in two older thieves, both seeking redemption, and the result was irresistible. At least to me.

A masterful blend of politics, history and suspense,” -Publishers Weekly "Libby Fischer Hellmann has written a wonderful thriller. Jeremiah Healy author of the John Francis Cuddy mysteries " "Complicated, fascinating. Hellmann has a beautifully tuned ear," -Dick...

When I wrote my literary thriller, A BITTER VEIL, I intentionally left a loose end in the story. (It happens near the end of the novel). That unexplained plot point is explained in "War Secrets". The story takes place in the 1930s in Leipzig, Germany. The Nazis are in power, but the war...

Does a little boy in a German Children's camp actually see an angel? This story begins during World War Two but jumps to Chicago in the 1970’s. The plot and characters surprised me; I didn’t know it would turn out the way it did. Happily, that’s one of the joys of writing crime fiction....

Curious how Ellie Foreman and Georgia Davis, the protagonists of my Libby's crime ficiton series, met? This short story explains. While her thriller, DOUBLEBACK,(October, 2009) features them both and Georgia made an appearance in AN IMAGE OF DEATH, they already had a passing acquaintance. How they...

This story was written for the anthology of my friend Joe Konrath, THESE GUNS FOR HIRE (Bleack House, 2007). As he wrote in the introduction, this is one of my first attempts with the hard-boiled genre and found it liberating. I was actually pushed into a whole new direction. It is also available...

**"Exceptional... Offers no easy solutions to the various security threats America faces today... As Hellman's convincing, conflicted characters face impossible choices, the tension is real and memorable." Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW **    "Hellmann's writing sparkles...plenty...